Supreme Court affirmative action cases spark heated debate over meaning of Brown v. Board

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WASHINGTON – Virtually any high school student in America, if asked to name a Supreme Court decision, could probably point to Brown v. Board of Education and explain that it was the landmark ruling that found public school segregation unconstitutional.

Now, 68 years after the nation's highest court handed down one of its most recognized and consequential opinions, its meaning is being debated in two closely watched cases in which the justices must decide if colleges may consider race in admissions.

An anti-affirmative action group is challenging the way Harvard University and the University of North Carolina weigh race as one factor when they consider prospective students for admission. That group reads the 1954 Brown decision as commanding universities to be colorblind, providing no advantage to applicants based on race.

The position that prevailed in Brown, the plaintiffs told the justices in a brief that quoted from a 2007 Supreme Court opinion, was that "no state has any authority ... to use race as a factor in affording educational opportunities among its citizens."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-affirmative-action-cases-spark-heated-debate-over-meaning-of-brown-v-board/ar-AA138mXA

[NullTuples]

1. Leveling the playing field is not unfair if the field was not level to begin with.

Deciding race cannot be considered is de facto saying that it's okay if white people already have an advantage. Or really, multiple...

[MichMan]

3. The Harvard case is about discrimination against Asian students

[Samrob]

2. Sigh...when having it all is not enough. Trample those who don't. nt